Mikhail Sholokhov And His Art
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Few literary figures of the twentieth century provoke as much fascination and controversy as Mikhail Sholokhov, the Soviet Nobel laureate whose epic depictions of Cossack life earned him global renown and enduring suspicion in equal measure. Herman Ermolaev's Mikhail Sholokhov and His Art presents a rigorous and penetrating critical study of one of Russian literature's most monumental — and contested — talents, chronicling the full arc of Sholokhov's creative output from his breakthrough masterpiece And Quiet Flows the Don to his later Soviet-era works, while unflinchingly examining the plagiarism allegations that have long shadowed his legacy. Ermolaev, a distinguished scholar of Russian literature at Princeton University, argues with scholarly precision that a true understanding of Sholokhov demands both literary and historical scrutiny, situating the author's work within the turbulent political landscape of the Soviet Union. The analysis details Sholokhov's narrative techniques, his vivid characterisation of the Don Cossack community, and the moral ambiguities that give his fiction its lasting power. Written with authoritative clarity and deep cultural insight, this is an indispensable volume for anyone who wishes to understand the complex genius at the heart of Soviet literature — and the unanswered questions that still surround it.
Author: Herman Ermolaev
Format: Hardback
Published: 1982, Princeton University Press
Genre: Literary theory
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Few literary figures of the twentieth century provoke as much fascination and controversy as Mikhail Sholokhov, the Soviet Nobel laureate whose epic depictions of Cossack life earned him global renown and enduring suspicion in equal measure. Herman Ermolaev's Mikhail Sholokhov and His Art presents a rigorous and penetrating critical study of one of Russian literature's most monumental — and contested — talents, chronicling the full arc of Sholokhov's creative output from his breakthrough masterpiece And Quiet Flows the Don to his later Soviet-era works, while unflinchingly examining the plagiarism allegations that have long shadowed his legacy. Ermolaev, a distinguished scholar of Russian literature at Princeton University, argues with scholarly precision that a true understanding of Sholokhov demands both literary and historical scrutiny, situating the author's work within the turbulent political landscape of the Soviet Union. The analysis details Sholokhov's narrative techniques, his vivid characterisation of the Don Cossack community, and the moral ambiguities that give his fiction its lasting power. Written with authoritative clarity and deep cultural insight, this is an indispensable volume for anyone who wishes to understand the complex genius at the heart of Soviet literature — and the unanswered questions that still surround it.